Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa twists Hollywood inspiration in his tableaux of dispossession and poverty.
Tag: Vol. 37 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 15 – 21, 2007
Posted inMusic
Sharp Darts: The Pirate’s Code
The elite file-sharing site Oink may have been a den of thieves, but online music retailers could learn a lot from the things it did right.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Aging of the Moors
Eighty years ago a prophet came to the south side and drew thousands of followers. Today the remaining few face an uncertain future.
Posted inFood & Drink
Restaurant Reviews
“Sorry, the kitchen’s closed.” If you’re a night owl you’ve heard that any number of times in Chicago, a city where, despite its renowned theater and music scenes, it’s suprisingly difficult to get fed after the show. This guide to late-night dining will help. From downtown to Devon, Maxwell Street to Chinatown and beyond, here’s […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Insecure Servers
A high-tech company gets ripped off for the fourth time in a decidedly low-tech fashion.
Posted inNews & Politics
Denied a Ride
Gladys Aponte’s kids qualify for free after-school care, but CPS has forced her to pay for it anyway.
Posted inNews & Politics
Letters
“There’s more to this grim, ambitious movie than a psychopathic assassin of the highest order whose carnage is gorgeously shot, though I seriously doubt it would be garnering so much enthusiasm without such perks.” —Jonathan Rosenbaum, November 8 The Story Behindthe Picture Michael Miner’s wonderful article on the new book collection of Chicago Daily News […]
Posted inNews & Politics
A Map Is a Voice
And in the case of the Green Map System, your local environmentalists are doing the talking.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
Is the Art Institute renting out its treasures?
Posted inNews & Politics
Forty-Eighth Ward Follies
A state senator’s sudden resignation sets off a scramble in Edgewater
Posted inFood & Drink
Omnivorous: Home of “Strange Flavor”
A Sichuan restaurant where it’s not just about the heat
Posted inArts & Culture
Girls Will Be Boys
Teatro Luna’s women take an imaginative leap into the land of machismo.